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What
is Voyager?
Voyager is the
name of the UW-River Falls online library catalog. This catalog includes
holding records for the majority of the collections housed in the
River Falls ARC and University Archives.
 Go
to Voyager
What
is ArCat?
ArCat is the online catalog
of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Archives Division. ArCat includes
the holding records for all ARC records housed statewide including
those at the River Falls ARC. ArCat does not include holding records
for University Archives collections.
Go
to Arcat
Help
with ArCat
Getting
Started—
To search for archival records
in the UW-River Falls Voyager library catalog, get started from the
library's homepage
by clicking on “Books and…”
A Guided Keyword search is a step-by-step method
for building searches and is the recommended approach
in searching for archival collections. Click on Guided Keyword under
the Search the UW-RF Library Catalog heading.
The Area Research Center's collections
are only a small portion of the records contained in the Voyager Catalog
therefore it is best to limit your search to retrieve only archival
collections.
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the “Limits” icon to set
your Location as “Archives.”
It is NOT recommended to use the
“Item Type” limiter set to “Archive/Manuscript.” Clicking
on “Set Limits” returns
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Tips—
Due to the nature of archival
collections it is best to use broad search terms. Broad terms are
usually more successful and can always be narrowed if the initial
result is too large. It is also NOT recommended to search by title
as archival records are often given generic titles, such as papers,
essays, or correspondence.
Truncation is a useful search tool. Truncating a word will retrieve
any variant of the root word being searched by simply placing a question
mark at the end of the root word. Let's say you are interested in
school records. Putting in a truncated version “school?” will retrieve
records containing school, schools, or schooling.
Making use of Subject Headings is another helpful tool for finding
materials, particularly when you are unsure of specific collections
that address your area of interest. Subject headings, such as reminiscences,
diaries, genealogies, manuscript collection, university
records, or local government records, are clickable
topical descriptors assigned to each record to classify the general
contents of a particular collection. Clicking on a subject heading
will bring you a new set of records, all of which fall under that
particular subject category. For example, within the Voyager record
for Women Remember the War, 1941-1945, is the subject heading
“Oral History.” Clicking on “Oral History” will show you a list of
all the records in Voyager that are categorized as an oral history.
Note:
It should be noted that clicking directly on a subject
heading voids your previous limiters (such as “Location: Archives”)
and searches the entire Voyager catalog. To avoid this occurrence,
enter the desired subject heading directly into a search box instead
of clicking on a linked subject heading.
Specific
Types of Searches—
Looking for UWRF Collections? From the Guided Keyword Search screen,
type "university records" into a search box. Click the search
button to see a list of every UW-River Falls University Archive record
in the Voyager catalog. You can limit your results by adding terms
such as "athletics" or administration" into another
search box.
Looking for Manuscripts? From the Guided Keyword Search screen, type
"manuscript collection" into a search box. Click the search
button to see a list of every UW-River Falls ARC manuscript collection
in the Voyager catalog. You can limit your results by adding terms
such as "pierce county" or "new richmond" into
another search box.
Looking for Local Government Records? Type "local government
records " into a search box. Click the search button to see a
list of all local government records (LGR) in the Voyager catalog.
You can limit your search to a particular county by adding "pierce,"
"polk," etc. or to a particular genre of LGR's by typing
terms such as "agriculture" or "property" in another
search box.
Looking for diaries? genealogies? oral histories? The same types of
searches as described above for UWRF Collections, Manuscripts,and
LGR's can be done using a variety of descriptive terms including diaries,
genealogies, oral histories, reminiscences, church records, and
correspondence.
Looking for different types of records from Pierce County? St. Croix
County? River Falls? Osceola? etc. First, check the UW-River Falls
ARC and University Archives Collections
Pages for complete lists of all archival records for each
county. To search by geographic location from the Voyager catalog,
type the county or community name in its own search box from the Guided
Keyword Search screen after using Limiters (described
above) to narrow the search to only archival records.
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